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Darryl C. Zeldin, M.D., is NIEHS Scientific Director and head of the Environmental Cardiopulmonary Disease Group, in the Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory. He earned a B.A. in chemistry from Boston University in 1982 and an M.D. from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1986. He completed a Residency in Internal Medicine at Duke University in 1989 and a Fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University in 1993.
Zeldin’s research program focuses on understanding the role of eicosanoids in pulmonary and cardiovascular function. In addition, he directs a clinical/translational research program that focuses on the role of the environment in asthma and allergy pathogenesis. He is a Fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians, a Fellow in the American Heart Association and is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and American Association of Physicians. Zeldin has co-authored over 390 peer-reviewed articles and his work has been cited over 28,000 times (h-index 91 per Web of Science). He has mentored over 85 post-baccalaureate fellows, graduate students, medical students, postdoctoral research fellows and clinical research fellows. As the NIEHS Scientific Director, he is responsible for one of the largest intramural research programs at the NIH with over 600 scientists in 11 Departments and 18 Core Facilities, and an annual budget of over $140M.